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We got a big episode here. It had to be split in two (and because I’m really nice I didn’t make you wait a week in-between).

The Oscars are right around the corner. And I wanted to get our predictions before it actually happens. I actually wanted to get our predictions in the last episode that we recorded (that’s the next one to be released) but I forgot and ran out of time.

We talk about the disgraceful CEO that ran off with the IP of his company that is going bust (Link) and then we move onto the CEO of Activision and how he wants his employees to feel like crap (Link). So happy stories this time ’round. But we move onto the main topic of the show.

Which to be honest is too much to summarize and when the Oscars come out and we do another show i will be sure to list our predictions. Really just listen to it, to know what we said.

More shows to come.

Until then… Enjoy

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“…I’m not trying to argue the point that all tutorials are bad, but super long ones (to me) are just not that useful…”

 

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Episode 10, wow, what a milestone. Only took 9 months

A little later than expected but hey, it’s here right.

So this is the second part of the chat we had about education. What did we cover…hmmm, we talk a little bit more about traditional training and our thoughts and feelings about that.

But the main topic that occupied this chat was tutorial length. How long should they be?. Jonathan and Eugene were of the opinion that is should be short… i wasn’t .

So it makes for some interesting listening. To be honest I don’t think I did a good job arguing my point, but oh well. Wish we had more time. I think later in the year we will do another episode on education, focusing on the real-world aspect and advanced training. If you have any comments, stories, opinions on education, let us know.

Apart from that not many links in this one, but i did forget a few from the last episode so you can now check them all out.

3D Totals Joan of Arc Tutorial
Painting with Polygons (Non-photorealistic Rendering Using Existing Tools) SIGGRAPH 2009

Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
3D math primer for graphics and game development

3dbuzz – Houdini Rigging Series

Zack Petroc – Gnomon Workshop – Gnomonology

Check back very soon, got a good show coming up.

Until then…

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“…oh this is all computer based, I dont need to know any traditional art…”

 

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Happy new year….

In this episode Jonathan, Eugene and I have a chat about education. We did this a while back (November) and thought it stirred up some really interesting thoughts and opinions. However it was quite long and so i have decided to break this episode up into two parts.

First off I cover a few emails and comments left on the blog. Paul “villian” enlightended us on a blog that had a pretty in-depth ICE vs VOPS analysis.
Check it out if you into this sort of thing and thanks to Guillaume Laforge for actually taking the time and effort to put it together.

We also addressed/crowned our first “fan” Jason Marks, who happens to be a houdini user and has some work online. Check out his 3D World entry.

and Bo Scheuer from Postyr-PostProduktion lets us know he likes the postcast,  he just wished we update it more often. (we’re working on it Bo )

Apart from that you will just have to listen in.

Part 2 will be uploaded this time next week.

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